Impressions of the State Fair from Miss Metcalf
Miss Lillian Metcalf trainer at Cascade avschool recounts a week at the fair. She notes the American duo and Japanese displays, a balloon ascent, a Columbia River trip, shopping downtown, and visits to the Government building, fishery exhibit, Dead Letter Office, and Davenport farm, praising fellow teachers and the overall spirit of sightseeing and camaraderie.
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Portland
The
Star
Lillian Metcalf
Cascade Avchool
Milas Lou A. Chase
Walla Walla
Sion
Washington
Seattle
Guilda Lake
Terra Firma
Columbia River
Davenport Farm
Daven
YERXAA Wholesale Grocers Offers and Prices
YERXAA Wholesale Grocers advertises delivery offers from 15.00 and up with 26 cent cartage. List includes 6 lb Pearl Tapioca at 18 cents, 10 lb Fancy Head Rice at 10 cents, 10 lb beat Japan Rice at 43 cents, 100 lb beat Japan Rice at 80 cents, White Pearl Floating Soap, Banta Claus Soap, fancy new crop black figs, Hoffman House Coffee King Brand, and various screw-top can sizes with per pound pricing. F. R. Yerxa & Sons, Main and Occidental.
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Japan
Ceedees Cutee Ans
Hoffman House
King
Oscar Wise Sent to Jail in Larceny Case
Oscar Wise No 2 is jailed in King County on larceny charges after a deputy sheriff detained him at the door. Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh filed the information, as jailer Oscar Wise maintains he is not in deeper trouble than usual.
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King County
Oscar Wise No
Oscar Wise No 2
Oscar No
Mackintosh
Oscar Wise
Jatler
War at Everett port widens between sailors and longshoremen
Aug 20 report from Everett describes a renewed sailor longshoreman clash following earlier Tacoma and Bellingham incidents. P B GH, Seattle Sailors union agent, declares war against Everett Longshoremen's union. Sailors plan to load ships with enough men to keep them in Everett, blaming longshoremen and urging the Everett union to sever ties with the international.
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Everett
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Bellingham
P. B. GH
Seatttle Sailors Union
Everett Longshoremen's Union
Columbia launches new boat at Wenatchee
The Columbia Navigation Company launched its new boat at Wenatchee on Tuesday. The State Penitentiary is expanding using convict labor. Mrs Janee Gillihan, Clarke county pioneer, died at her Vancouver home Tuesday. Henry Wolf, Cheballe man, murdered near Cheballe Tuesday with pockets rifled. Trout on the Ducewallups river killed by dynamite and left to rot. An open switch at North Yakima derailed a yard engine and delayed traffic for four hours Tuesday.
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Columbia
The
Columbia Navigation Company
Wenatchee
Janee Gillihan
Clarke County
Vancouver
Ducewallups River
Anteen
North Yakima
Secret elopement adds page to famed Gamboge clan tale
New York reports Miss Lillian Somgomery secretly wed William Elder Gilbert on June 23, continuing a four generation line of elopements. The piece traces Gilbert’s family history from a Philadelphia grandmother’s elopement to wartime galveston gunboat events and multiple secret marriages across relatives in Oneonta Hartwick and beyond.
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New York
Lillian Somgomery
William Elder Gilbert
Gilbert
Philadelphia
William Cay
Westfield
Galveston
Cox
Hamblett
Henrietta
Woman
Samuel Gilbert
Hamblet
Oneonta
N. Y
William Gireh
Hartwick
Fight for Mitchell's Chair of Isthmian Canal Panel
Washington Aug 30 A Senate committee reshuffle next December could spark a clash over who chairs the Isthmian canal committee. Senator Mitchell of Oregon faces removal from the chair as canal legislation rises in importance. If Mitchell cannot preside, Senator Platt would be next, but lacking drive, Senator Kittredge of South Dakota seeks the chair and plans to replace Mitchell.
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Washington, D. C
United States Senate
Mitchell
Oregon
Senate
Committee On Committees
Canal Committee
Senate Chamber
Portland
Supreme Court
Platt
New York
Kittredge
South Dakota
Fag System at Stanford
Stanford University introduces a modified English fag system at the start of the academic year. Freshmen endure a new training course conducted by upperclassmen as the faculty abandons prior milder rituals and the elder students adopt harsher methods of instruction.
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Stanford University
Cal
Stanford
Freshmen at Encina Hall Learn Respect for Upper Classmen
Freshmen are assigned tasks to aid upper classmen, moving trunks and helping decorate rooms. In some cases seniors discipline newcomers by making them clean shoes and perform menial duties to deter disrespect and instill deference.
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Encina Hall
Miner Sullivan Rescued After 24 Hours Entombed
At Mountain Consolidated mine in Butte Utah miner Don Sullivan, who came to bury a brother, was entombed for a day after a cave in on the 100 foot level. A 50 man rescue gang found him alive, he slept to conserve strength as air grew foul and tapped to signal. He climbed out unaided.
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Butte
Mont
Don Sulvan
Utah
Sullivan
Eureka
Mountain Consolidated
Seventh Day Adventists Hold Regular Conference and Camp Meeting
The Seventh Day Adventists conclude their regular annual conference and camp meeting session with scheduled sermons, reports, and communal activities. Leaders outline upcoming mission work and church initiatives during the gathering.
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Seventh Day Adventists
Green Lake gathering hosts 400 from 31 churches
More than 400 people from 31 churches converge at Green Lake for several days. The grounds feature two large assembly pavilions 63 tents and additional services including a store and restaurant.
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Green Lake
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F. R. Yerxa & Sons
Chase Bros. Hackley and Carlisle
L. G. Beck
Miles City, Moent
Tower's Piano House
Union St. Seatts
P. I
Kline 4&4
Rosenberg
625
First Avenue
Beattie
Spelger & Hurlbut Second and Union
Standard Furniture Co
Schoenfeld & Sons
Firat Ave
Hag & Home
News OF the
State Penitentiary
Okanogan
Henry Wolf
Cheballe
Leopement
Aes
Second Avenue and
University Street
U. S
Bears
Adventists
Cline
Geo. H. Woodhouse
Second Avenue
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